REFORMED CHURCHES. 



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tions: Presbyterian Church in the United 

 States of America ; Presbyterian Church in the 

 United States ; United Presbyterian Church of 

 North America ; Synod of the Reformed Pres- 

 byterian Church ; General Synod of the Re- 

 formed Presbyterian Church; Associate Re- 

 formed Synod of the South ; Reformed Church 

 in America; Reformed Church of the United 

 States; Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church; 

 Presbyterian Church of Canada; Church of 

 Scotland; Free Church of Scotland; United 

 Presbyterian Church of Scotland; Presbyterian 

 Church of England; Presbyterian Church of 

 Ireland ; National Reformed Church of France ; 

 Free Evangelical Church of Germany ; Span- 

 ish Christian Church ; Free Church of Switz- 

 erland ; Missionary Church of Belgium ; Re- 

 formed Church of Bohemia; Presbyterian 

 Church of Victoria ; Presbyterian Church of 

 New South Wales ; Presbyterian Church of 

 Tasmania ; Presbytery of Ceylon ; and Mission 

 Synod of the New Hebrides. Delegates were 

 also present from India, South Australia, and 

 several Presbyterian missions. The whole num- 

 ber of delegates was 265 180 ministers and 

 85 elders. 



Delegates were appointed to the Council 

 from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 

 but the Council was not fully satisfied that the 

 doctrines of that Church are in harmony with 

 the consensus of the Reformed Confessions, 

 and they were not admitted. The sessions of 

 the Council were continued till the 3d of Octo- 

 ber; during their continuance, the following 

 papers were read, and debated in brief discus- 

 sions : 



" The Ceremonial, the Moral, and the Emo- 

 tional in Christian Life and Worship," Profess- 

 or Roswell D. Hitchcock, D. D., LL. D., New 

 York City; "Modern Theological Thought," 

 Principal Robert Rainey, D. D., Edinburgh ; 

 " Religion in Secular Affairs," Principal G. M. 

 Grant, D. D., Kingston, Canada; " Inspiration, 

 Authenticity, and Interpretation of the Scrip- 

 tures," Professor E. P. Humphrey, D. D., LL. 

 D., Louisville, Kentucky, and Professor Robert 

 Watts, D. D., Belfast; "Distinctive Principles 

 of Presbyterianism," Professor Samuel J. Wil- 

 son, D. D., LL. D., Allegheny City, Pennsyl- 

 vania; " Worship of the Reformed Churches," 

 John DeWitt, D. D., Philadelphia; "Ruling 

 Elders," Rev. C. H. Reed, D. D., Richmond, 

 Virginia; "The Application of the Gospel to 

 Employers and Employed," William G. Blai- 

 kie, D. D., LL. D., Edinburgh ; " Christianity 

 the Friend of the Working Classes," Chief-Jus- 

 tice C. D. Drake, Washington, D.C. ; "Re- 

 vealed Religion in its Relations to Science and 

 Philosophy," Professor Henry Calderwood, LL. 

 D., Edinburgh; "How to deal with Young 

 Men trained in Science in this Age of Unset- 

 tled Opinions," President James McCosh, D. 

 D., LL. D., Princeton, New Jersey ; " Agnos- 

 ticism," Professor Robert Flint, D. D., LL. D., 

 Edinburgh ; " Creeds and Confessions," Dr. A. 

 B. Van Zandt, New Brunswick, New Jersey; 



" Bible Revision," Professor J. W. Chambers, 

 D. D., New York City ; " Presbyterianism and 

 Education," Professor Edward D. Morris I>. 

 D., Cincinnati, Ohio; " Religion and Politics,' 1 

 Professor Lyman H. Atwater, D. D., Princeton, 

 New Jersey; " Presbyterianism in Relation to 

 Civil and Religious Liberty," Sylvester 11. S.i- 

 vell, D. D., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania ; " Cath- 

 olicity of Presbyterianism," George C. Hutton, 

 D. D., Paisley, Scotland, Principal D. H. Mac- 

 Vicar, D. D., LL. D., Montreal, Canada, and 

 William H. Campbell, D. D., New York City, 

 "The Vicarious Sacrifice of Christ," Principal 

 John Cairns, D. D., Edinburgh, and Professor 

 A. A. Hodge, D. D., Princeton, New Jersey ; 

 "Church Extension in Large Cities," R. M. 

 Patterson, D. D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 

 and William J. R. Taylor, D. D., Newark, New 

 Jersey; " Church Extension in Sparsely-settled 

 Districts," W. J. Reid, D. D., Pittsburg, Penn- 

 sylvania; "The Conflict between Faith and 

 Rationalism in Holland," Professor J. J. Van 

 Oosterzee, D.D., Utrecht; Paper, "The The- 

 ology of the Reformed Church with Special 

 Reference to the Westminster Standards," Pro- 

 fessor Alexander Mitchell, D. D., St. Andrews ; 

 " Grounds and Methods of Admission to Seal- 

 ing Ordinances," Rev. D. D. Bannerman, M. 

 A., Perth ; " Baptism," T. P. Stevenson, D. D., 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; "Sabbath Observ- 

 ance," Professor William Gregg, D. D., Toron- 

 to ; "Popular Amusements," Theodore L. 

 Cuyler, D. D., Brooklyn, New York; "The 

 Proper Care, Support, and Training of Candi- 

 dates for the Ministry," Herrick J. Johnson, 

 D.D., Chicago, Illinois; " Future Retribution," 

 T. D. Witherspoon, D. D., Petersburg, Virginia; 

 " Temperance," Hon. William E. Dodge, New 

 York City ; " Our Relations to the Churches 

 of the European Continent," J. S. Mclntosh, 

 Belfast, Ireland; "Personal Religion," Rev. 

 David Steele, D. D., Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 

 vania; "Regeneration," Professor J. H. A. 

 Bomberger, D. D., Ursinus College, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Addresses were made by delegates from the 

 several countries on the state of religion, and 

 particularly of churches of the Presbyterian 

 order in France, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy, 

 Moravia, Bohemia, and Spain. Addresses were 

 also made upon the condition of religious and 

 mission work in Japan, China, the New Hebri- 

 des Islands, Syria, India, among the Choctaw 

 Indians, and in South Africa. A report was 

 made on the foreign missions of the Presby- 

 terian Churches of the United States and Can- 

 ada, in which the statistics of all the missions 

 were shown to be as follows: 



American ministers in the field 195 



Native ministers 



Native licentiate preachers 



Medical missionaries and teachers 



American women connected with the missions 



Teachers and Bible-readers 



Communicants 



Scholars in boarding-schools 



Scholars in day-schools 



Two committees, one American and one Eu- 



